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1. Independent schools across Canada face diverse regulations

   Canada’s expanding independent school sector is rich in diversity. Not only are parents increasingly choosing from an array of independent schools for their children, but each province regulates and funds independent schools in diverse ...

2. Improving independent school regulation could improve choice for parents

   The costly government-regulated and government-run school systems inherited from the previous century appear unable to adequately serve modern expectations, prompting many to seek new principles to guide the development of better schools ...

3. The Funding and Regulation of Independent Schools in Canada

   This study compares the regulation of independent schools across Canada, with specific attention to differences between provinces that fund independent schools and those that do not. In 2013/14, Canada had slightly fewer than 2,000 independent schools ...

4. Catholic schools popular with parents across Canada

   With plenty of recent attention on the question of government funding of Roman Catholic schools, it’s critical to consider the popularity of such schools, as measured by enrolments. A recent Fraser Institute analysis of student enrolment ...

5. Budget primer—getting the facts straight on Alberta independent school funding

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, March 16, 2017 It’s budget day in Alberta, and some interest groups, including an organization called Public Interest Alberta, want the Notley government to eliminate government funding for independent schools. Unfortunately, ...

6. Right idea, wrong messenger, for education reform in Ontario

   Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator, March 7, 2017 The long drought of policy attention for independent schools and homeschools in Ontario is over. Andrew Scheer, a candidate for the federal Conservative leadership, recently announced a policy proposal ...

7. Ontario should look west for solutions on independent school funding

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 14, 2017 As we enter a new year and consider the opportunity 2017 holds, it’s a good time to reflect on the lingering disadvantage felt by Ontario parents who choose independent schools. Recent independent school ...

8. Education spending reform can help address Ontario’s fiscal problems

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 11, 2017 It’s widely known that Ontario faces severe fiscal challenges. With a debt burden exceeding $300 billion, the need for action to fix our finances should be clear. But how can the provincial government clean up ...

9. When Ontario public schools aren’t public enough

   Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator, December 15, 2016 Ontario’s courts have declared that some students, due to their parents’ religious preferences, are likely better served outside the public school systems. This is a dramatic development in Ontario ...

10. Education funding reform can save small Ontario schools from closing

    Appeared in Toronto Sun, December 9, 2016 Due to a misguided education funding model, dozens of communities in rural and small-town Ontario may lose their public schools. Contrary to the rhetoric, this doesn’t need to happen. Schools can be vital centres ...